Highlight Moment's Of Music : CeCe Peniston

Peniston has performed at private engagements for Aretha Franklin's private birthday party in Detroit, Michigan, Pope John Paul II in Rome at the Vatican (as a member of the gospel band Sisters of Glory) and the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, during both of his inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C. She was the first foreign female entertainer to perform in post-apartheid South Africa.

In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as the 52nd).

"Finally" - the track was a major success on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it spent two weeks at number one in late 1991.

"Finally" - VH1 placed it at number 29 in their list of the "100 Greatest Dance Songs" in 2000. MTV Dance placed the song at number 28 in their list of "The 100 Biggest '90s Dance Anthems of All Time" in November 2011.

Number #1 Dance Hit's

Finally

We Got A Love Thang

Keep On Walkin'

I'm in The Mood

Hit By Love

She was named Billboard Magazine's #1 Dance/Club Play artist of 1994.

Peniston received several awards for her achievements in the music industry for 1992. Among them, one Billboard Music Award (as Best New Artist – Dance, the second went to the video director Claude Borenzweig), three ASCAP Awards (for Song of The Year, Most Performed Song of The Year, and Pop Songwriter of The Year), another three awards (as Best New Dance Artist, Best Dance Solo Artist, and for Best 12" Dance Record) at the Annual Winter Music Conference, and the BMI Urban Award of Achievement.The album itself was nominated on a Soul Train Music Award '93 in the Best R&B/Soul Album – Female category.

While A&M was listed as the sixth best dance label in the Billboard Year-End chart, Peniston was also rated as the 5th Top R&B Singles Female Artist (behind Janet Jackson, Toni Braxton, Aaliyah and Mariah Carey).

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